NEW ORLEANS — After UConn dispatched Houston last week by 59 points at the XL Center, Geno Auriemma was asked whether he could remember what it was like hanging out on the wrong side of the scoreline.
Normally quick-witted, Auriemma thought for...

TULSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Shock is the name of the local WNBA franchise. If you are familiar with UConn, it absolutely was not an apt description of what resulted once the college game in this town Saturday tipped off at the Reynolds Center.
The...

Spring football practice is in full swing for some schools across the country with others getting back to the gridiron over the next month.
The Orlando Sentinel is taking a look at some of the key storylines for the Group of 5 conferences like the...

STORRS — National champions are people, too. Geno Auriemma knows the players on his nine title-winning teams naturally love to feel special. And what helps make them feel really nice is thinking their former coach believes they were the best and...

Swimming in mediocrity for the past several weeks, UCF basketball gripped a lifesaver with a 73-62 win against struggling USF.
The Knights were favored to beat their I-4 rivals, who entered the week last in the American Athletic Conference. UCF scored more than 70 points for the first time since Jan. 17th.
Odds aside, the victory was a welcome one after losing six consecutive games since Jan. 14th. The game also marked the return of lone senior Kasey Wilson, who missed the second half against SMU...

As a young coach at Northeastern, Jim Calhoun was always looking for the best college basketball minds. In the early 1970s, he made a trip to Chapel Hill, N.C.
"I had studied Dean Smith like crazy," Calhoun recalled, looking back on his career in 2012. "They took us in, and Roy Williams was an assistant, Eddie Fogler was an assistant, Bill Guthridge was an assistant, and [Smith] said, 'we don't have a team here, we have a program.'"
"The one thing I saw was the [former] players coming back."
A "team"...

What’s goin on? UConn has released its 2015 schedule per athletic communications…
UConn Athletic Communications – February 19, 2015 – 2015 UConn Football Schedule Announced
STORRS, Conn. – The 2015 University of Connecticut football schedule was finalized on Thursday with the American Athletic Conference announcing its league slate. The Huskies’ 12-game slate includes eight league match-ups and six home contests at Rentschler Field. Kickoff times and television...

HARTFORD — UConn's Gabby Williams has been a three-time selection as American Athletic Conference freshman of the week. And on Feb. 9 as the Huskies prepared to play undefeated South Carolina in the game of the year at Gampel Pavilion, she was nearing the end of her last reign.
Continually evolving into one of the nation's top rookies, despite being switched from guard to forward at the start of her collegiate career, Williams came into the game on a major roll. In her previous six games dating...

Bruce Chen is getting a chance to pitch for an 11th team in the majors. The well-traveled left-hander, who won a career-high 13 games with the Orioles in 2005, has agreed to a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians, a person familiar with the deal told the Associated Press on Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Indians had not announced the deal. Chen, who spent the past six seasons with the Kansas City Royals, will compete for a roster spot at spring training, and...